Career Development Research Australia (CDRA)

In February 2010 CICA established Career Development Research Australia (CDRA) as a centre to collate and develop evidenced based research for career development services in Australia.

CDRA is the first institute to specifically focus on career development. Accordingly, CICA has allocated funds to establish a national research strategy, via a staged process. It is anticipated that some research may be supported through external and independent funding/grants.

The CDRA is a virtual/website research centre established by CICA after consultation with Australia’s leading career development researchers and published authors. In the past, CICA has commissioned research which has facilitated progress and improvement in the national career development agenda. However, this new centre will facilitate a number of streams of research, including independent research (that presents the University of origin as the formal affiliate of research papers), personal research agendas and CICA commissioned and branded research.

Research papers, publications and other information are currently being identified for upload to the CDRA website.

 Leading Australian Research Members of CDRA are:

• Bright, Jim (Dr), Australian Catholic University
• Cameron, Ros (Dr), Southern Cross University
• Creed, Peter (Dr), Griffith University
• Earl, Joanne (Dr), University of New South Wales
• McCowan, Col (OAM), Psychologist
• McIlveen, Peter (Dr), University of Southern Queensland
• McMahon, Mary (Dr), University of Queensland
• Patton, Wendy (Dr), Queensland University of Technology
• Pryor, Robert (Professor), Australian Catholic University

For further information about CDRA please contact Peter Tatham, CICA Executive Director.